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Table 3 Description of fever patients, by outlet type

From: Private sector role, readiness and performance for malaria case management in Uganda, 2015

 

Private for-profit health facility

Pharmacy

Drug store

All private sector outlets

N = 630

N = 219

N = 424

N = 1273

Respondent is the patient and present at the outlet/consultation

85.4 (79.5–89.9)

49.4 (36.5–62.3)

65.3 (58.9–71.2)

74.2 (69.5–78.4)

Prior to the current visit, the percent of all respondents that:

Sought treatment from another source

20.8 (16.7–25.7)

37.6 (28.8–47.2)

24.4 (19.3–30.4)

23.1 (19.7–27.0)

Sought treatment from a public sector source

5.9 (3.6–9.4)

18.0 (12.7–25.0)

12.8 (8.9–17.9)

9.7 (7.4–12.6)

Sought treatment from a private sector source

14.9 (11.3–19.3)

19.9 (9.8–36.3)

15.6 (10.3–22.8)

13.8 (10.7–17.7)

Received a malaria blood test from a previous treatment source

6.5 (4.3–9.8)

25.5 (17.3–35.9)

8.5 (5.1–14.0)

8.6 (7.0–10.5)

Received any medicine from a previous treatment source

19.6 (15.6–24.4)

16.7 (10.1–26.4)

22.8 (16.8–30.0)

20.5 (16.8–24.6)

Received an anti-malarial from a previous treatment source

12.4 (9.0–16.8)

7.1 (3.3–14.6)

13.0 (9.8–17.2)

12.5 (9.9–15.8)